Goblin Kites
Enchantment
: Target creature you control with toughness 2 or less gains flying until end of turn. Flip a coin at the beginning of the next end step. If you lose the flip, sacrifice that creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #26395
Goblin Kites gives a target Goblin flying until end of turn — a conditional, temporary evasion fix that costs one mana and requires a coin flip to avoid destroying the creature. It's a bulk trick that rarely earns a deck slot when permanent evasion sources exist.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Goblin Kites is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees no meaningful play in any of them. In Commander, Goblin strategies already have access to reliable evasion and haste enablers that don't risk blowing up their own creatures on a coin flip. Legacy and Vintage Goblin lists are too consistent and too tight to accommodate a one-shot trick with a downside attached. The card is a historical curiosity, not a competitive option in any format where it's legal.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Goblin Kites sits firmly in bulk territory. Demand is essentially zero outside of collection completion, so there's no reason to expect the price to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.